Tara Moore

At 31 years old, Tara Moore has this physical status:

Tara Shanice Moore (born 6 August 1992) is a Hong Kong-born British tennis player.

She has a career-best singles ranking at No. 1 in the United States. 145, which she reached on May 8, 2017.

On the ITF Women's Circuit, she has won nine singles and eleven doubles titles in her career.

No. 10 is the highest WTA doubles ranking in her career. 151, which occurred on May 2, 2016. She was coached by Nick Bollettieri, the American tennis coach, as a teenager.

In September 2006, Moore rated him as one of the best young players in his class, the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy, alongside Michelle Larcher de Brito.

Charles Homewood, the new coach.

Although the bulk of her titles to date have come on hard court, her favourite surface is described as grass.

Personal life

Tara Bektas, a professional tennis player, is married to fellow tennis player Emina Bektas. Conny Perrin, her ex doubles partner, was previously in a long-term relationship.

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Career

Moore's first competitive tennis match took place in August 2006 in Guayaquil, Ecuador. She won two games to qualify before losing in the first round of the tournament. Moore then qualified and reached the quarterfinals in only her second ITF tournament, Caracas, Venezuela, another $10K event.

Moore reached the quarterfinals of another $10k tournament in Irapuato in 2007, before losing in straight sets to Ana Clara Duarte of Brazil. She competed in the qualifying rounds in Felixstowe, England, in July. Both of her next two tournaments in the United Kingdom (Ilkley and Wrexham) were $10k, and she made it to the quarterfinals of both of them. She came to an end last year with three straight first-round losses in $25k events. She was ranked No. 1 in the world's top ten years in 2007. 823.

Three people failed to qualify for the ITF tournaments in April and May, two of which were $25k, the other was a $50k event. She qualified for the $10k in Izmir, Turkey, making her a quarterfinalist for the second time in her next tournament. She then began a fruitful grass-court season with a wildcard in Wimbledon, where she lost in the first round of a tense three-set match against former top-40 player Olga Puchkova of Russia in a thrilling three-set match. She won the first semifinal in the $25k tournament in Felixstowe and then carried on the momentum into the upcoming tournament ($10k Frinton), where she defeated fellow teenager Mona Barthel of Germany in the final.

She made her next appearance on the ITF Circuit in early November at the $10k event in Sunderland, England, her next notable result of 2008. She advanced to the semifinals in two sets in the first and second rounds before winning her quarterfinal match in two sets over Laura Robson. She lost in straight sets to Robson (the eventual champion). This was the $10k tournament in Jersey right away. She rematched her second-round match in the previous tournament in Sunderland in the second round. For the second time in two weeks, she defeated Tetyana Arefyeva in three sets to advance to the quarterfinals, where she was defeated by Katarzyna Piter. She finished the season with a singles ranking of the world No. 1. 712 people were killed in the 712th Century.

Moore suffered through the year and did not make it to the quarterfinals in any of the events she competed in. As she registered for the $50 tournament in Nottingham, she enjoyed a straight sets victory over former top-20 player Eleni Daniilidou. She also competed at the ITF junior Championships in Roehampton and Wimbledon, but she ended early in both events as she was competing against junior world No. 1. Tmea Babos, a 3-year-old baby. Moore's best result came in qualifying for a $75k race in Shrewsbury before losing to Angelique Kerber. Moore was also asked to leave the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) National Tennis Centre (NTC) as a result of her apparent lack of professionalism and bad attitude. She will spend the year in India before returning to Hong Kong.

Moore's new season began in 2009 with early losses in her first handful of events. Following her dismissal from the LTA, Moore began training and playing out of Hong Kong, but under the watchful eye of John Morris, who was also the coach of Tmea Babos, Moore returned to Britain in March to work at Gosling Tennis Academy. Her performance started to improve in springtime of 2010 when she reached the final of a $10k tournament in Edinburgh, losing to stable mate Tmea Babos and defeating Chang Kai-chen in three tough sets. Moore represented Great Britain in the Maun Connolly Trophy, a sign that the LTA is starting to see the changes in Moore both on and off court. Moore defeated world junior No. 1 shortly after this was quickly followed by a wildcard at Roehampton, where Moore defeated world junior No. 0 in the ITF junior competition. Daria Gavrilova, 6–0, 6–1, before defeating Karolna Plková, the 2010 Australian Open junior champion, 6–3. 6–1. However, Moore discovered Karolina's twin sister Kristna Plková too hot to take as Plková claimed a rare double double appearance at Roehampton and Wimbledon. Moore was among the best in the tennis series during the grass-court season and praised John Morris for much of the changes, despite winning the tournament for the first time. Moore won her second title at a $10k tournament in Chiswick, as well as her first ITF doubles title, defeating Sania Mirza and Emma Laine in the final. With victories over Emilia Baos Gregorians and Manisha Foster, she reached the singles quarterfinals in the latter contest. Moore will continue to qualify in the quarter- and semifinals before crashing out of the year at the $75k event in Dubai. She had several career-high rankings throughout the year and ended 2010 ranked 370. Moore signed professional terms with London-based management firm Global Tennis Connections (GTC) in August 2010, a long-term contract with Adidas International on the back of her increase in form and success.

Moore finished second in the $10k tournament in Sunderland and took the $10k in Loughborough, partnering British Francesca Stephenson. She also reached doubles finals in a $10k tournament in Istanbul, partnering Lisa Whybourn, and partnering Emma Laine in Bath. She came in No. 1 in singles rankings in 2011. 332.

Moore won no titles in the 2012 season but came as runner-up in singles and doubles in a $50k tournament in Kazan, Russia, and with fellow British player Lucy Brown in a $10k tournament in Antalya, Turkey. However, she maintained her ranking throughout the year and raised her year-end ranking to date, at No. 1. In singles, there are 249 in singles.

She started winning the $10k singles titles in Glasgow and Preston in 2013 and then followed that with the $25k championship in Surprise, Arizona. Melanie South, a compatriot who also won the doubles titles in Glasgow and the $25k event in Rancho Mirage, California, was runner-up in Preston and Thailand.

Moore debuted in the top 200 in the singles rankings on April 22nd and made the cut for the Roland Garros qualifying tournament, her first major outside of Wimbledon, where she has played qualifiers courtesy of wildcards. In the first round of qualifying, she lost to seventh seed Sesil Karatancheva.

Moore was given a wildcard into the $75k Nottingham Trophy while on grass in the United Kingdom. She advanced to the second round by defeating 143-ranked Slovenian Tadeja Majeri before falling to Melinda Czink, a 110-ranked Hungary. She then earned a wildcard into the WTA Birmingham Classic in Edgbaston, where she barely defeated 12th seeded Kristina Mladenovic in the first round. Kaia Kanepi, a 46-ranked Estonian, was defeated in the first round of Wimbledon by a wildcard. In a close three-setter, Kanepi emerged victorious.

Moore, who is back on the ITF Circuit, has reached the finals of both the singles and doubles tournaments of the $25k Woking tournament on outdoor hardcourt. She lost the singles final to Pemra zgen in three sets after having held matchpoints. However, she and her Russian colleague, Marta Sirotkina, won the doubles over Mari Tanaka and Kanae Hisami in the final, beating Mari Tanaka and Kanae Hisami.

However, the LTA withdrew funds in December, citing a lack of results as the reason.

Moore made her debut for the British Fed Cup in the ninth/tenth placed playoff against Austria in 2014, winning her first singles rubber.

Tamira Paszek, a former top-down player, was notably seen off with her stunning appearance. She also competed in Wimbledon as a wildcard, but she lost in the first round to former Wimbledon champion Vera Zvonareva in a match that lasted two days. Moore struggled to build on her Wimbledon appearance on her return to ITF Circuit play, as she only won three singles matches in the remainder of the year. As a result, she saw her rank fall outside the top 200 in the world.

In 2015, her poor form stalled. Moore's best result came in the semifinals of a $10k tournament in Antalya and a $15k event in Loughborough, where he competed solely at ITF level. This was the first year since 2009 that she had failed to qualify for a singles tournament final. She had more success in doubles, three finals, and the event Antalya in collaboration with Cornelia Lister.

Moore's 2016 campaign got off to a promising start, winning her first tournament of the year, a $10,000 in Antalya, over Anne Schaefer in the final. Moore and his semi-regular doubles partner Conny Perrin competed in the WTA Tour event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This was her first WTA appearance in over two years. Moore and Perrin qualified to their first WTA Tour final on Saturday, beating second seeds Marina Erakovic and Slvia Soler Espinosa, and entering would be a wise move. In the championship match, they were defeated by fourth seeds, Verónica Cepede Royg and Mara Irigoyen.

Moore was trailing 0–6, 0–5, 0–5 and facing match point, but had a comeback to win 0–6, 7–6, 6–3.

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